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2009 Vanuatu earthquakes
The 2009 Vanuatu earthquakes were a series of large submarine earthquakes that took place to the west of the Torres Islands of Vanuatu on UTC. A 7.6 Mw earthquake, at 22:03 UTC, was followed by a 7.8 Mw event 15 minutes later at 22:18 UTC, and a 7.3 Mw event at 23:13 UTC. The similar size and close timing of the first two events has been dubbed as an earthquake doublet.
==Effects==
A tsunami warning was issued by the Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre for 11 nations, including Papua New Guinea and island nations in the south-west Pacific, including Fiji, Vanuatu and New Caledonia. The warning was cancelled after tsunamis of up to 10 cm were recorded in Vanuatu.
The US Geological Survey said that the epicentre of the first quake was located S of Lata, Santa Cruz Islands, Solomon Islands and NNW of Luganville, Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu at a depth of . It was reported that the earthquakes were felt in Luganville, Espiritu Santo (MM IV according to USGS), and people in Espiritu Santo ran to higher places.〔 〕 Evacuation was also taken on the eastern shore of Grande Terre and in the nearby Loyalty Islands, New Caledonia.
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